Archives - 12 May 2017, Friday

MELBOURNE, Australia — China has deployed its latest airborne early warning and control aircraft to an air base on the fringes of the disputed South China Sea, according to exclusive satellite imagery obtained by Defense News. The photo taken March 24 by commercial satellite imagery c...

His aim is thus to deter the West, or at least to divide, distract and dismay it to the point that it is unable or unwilling to get in his way. This is the primary goal of the active measures conducted against NATO states by the Russian intelligence agencies. This is often characteris...

Most Marine Corps recruiting commercials have not shown female Marines fighting – until now. The latest commercial “Battle Up” shows the evolution of a female Marine, starting when she is a young girl stopping bullies at school, through her days as a rugby player and ultimately as a c...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- A memorial to Native American veterans will be erected on the outside grounds of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian at the Mall. The anticipated dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial is Veterans Day, Nov. 1...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) unveiled its Saqr 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 11 May. The KACST said the Saqr 1 UAV is equipped with a satellite communications system, has an automatic take-off and landing capability, and is made from light...

CPEC will offer militants additional targets: US By News Desk Published: May 12, 2017 397SHARES SHARE TWEET Dan Coats. PHOTO: REUTERS The United States on Thursday claimed the emergence of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in Pakistan would allow terrorist groups more targets for a...

AUSTIN, Texas — One of the nation's oldest veterans has been celebrated by his Texas hometown on his 111th birthday. Austin Mayor Steve Adler declared Thursday Richard Overton Day in the city and also gave the street he has lived on for the past 45 years the honorary name of Richard O...

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials planned three-week review of the department caregiver program will now stretch into late June, to “provide clarity” on enrollment rules for the program. Last month, VA Secretary David Shulkin announced the program review — and a halt to any new ...

Yesterday, the US Treasury Department added three members of Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran (JDQ), a jihadist group that is based in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as JDQ’s Welfare and Development Organization, to its list of specially designated global terrorists. JDQ is a perfect exampl...

ROME — Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement, the political party vying for top spot in polls ahead of elections due by next year, has committed to scrapping the F-35 program if it takes office. “There will be no ifs or buts about leaving the F-35 program,” said Tatiana Basili...

That's the case, at least, with "The Wall," the Amazon Studios-produced movie that comes out Friday starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson ("Avengers: Age of Ultron") and WWE superstar John Cena. They play U.S. soldiers conducting a stakeout in the Iraqi desert that goes very wrong — Cena's ch...

STOCKHOLM — A U.S. Army cavalry regiment in Germany is testing a Stryker upgrade that could increase the vehicle’s survivability as the service conducts training exercises in Europe meant to deter Russia. Soldiers from the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Vilsek, Germany, hav...

WARSAW, Poland — Bulgaria has decided to halt the privatization of a number of state-owned companies, including the country’s two leading defense manufacturers, arms maker VMZ Sopot and weapons exporter Kintex. Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said the cabinet aims to incr...

Police community engagement programs - as well as non-governmental efforts - such as Sisters Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) and Mothers for Life - are important methods of providing women with the tools and education needed to play an active role in countering the spread of violent ...

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HAGATNA, Guam — The U.S., the U.K. and Japan are joining a French-led amphibious exercise at remote U.S. islands in the Pacific over the next week. Participants say they are showing support for the free passage of vessels in international waters, an issue that has come to the fore ami...

“The Art of the Deal”. The man is a genius. He wants to lower the enormous price of these Ford-class carriers so what does he do? Threatens General Atomics (without naming them) that the Navy is going to go back to steam cats. First, as POTUS he can do whatever he wants. He’s the boss...

Airmen with the 301st Airlift Squadron transported four mine-hunting dolphins and their handlers from Naval Station Key West, Fla., to the U.S. Naval Marine Mammal Program in San Diego aboard their C-17 April 29, according to the U.S. Air Force . The bottlenose dolphins were actually ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish and German naval specialists signed May 10 a letter of intent to cooperate on a contract to build variant of the Type-214 diesel-electric submarines for the Indonesian Navy. The deal was signed at the IDEF’17 defense and aerospace exhibition in Istanbul between STM,...

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BEIRUT — A Kurdish-led Syrian force backed by the U.S. expects to advance on the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria this summer, a commander said Friday, following a decision by the Trump administration to supply the force with heavier weapons. The Syria...

A meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government will be held on Thursday 25 May 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting will be chaired by the NATO Secretary General and will be preceded by the unveiling of two artefacts and by a ceremony marking the handover of the new NATO Headquarte...

Investigators are looking into whether a Marine from Marine Barracks Washington sexually assaulted a civilian, Capt. Colleen McFadden, spokeswoman for the barracks, said on Friday. Further information about the alleged incident was not immediately available. McFadden deferred question...

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Amid heightened tension along the border, India on Thursday successfully tested an Israeli air defence system from a test facility off Odisha coast, paving the way for its early deployment in the armed forces. The Surface-to-air Python and Derby (Spyder) missile system was test fired ...

Many thanks, Secretary Fallon, for your government bringing us together. For many years Britain has galvanized the international community through the power of its moral voice. Prime Minister May, through her personal leadership and the strength of her moral argument, has reminded us ...

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A Russian fighter jet came within feet of a Navy surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea while on a patrol. The P-8 Poseidon was approached Tuesday by a Russian Su-27 jet which flew alongside within 20 feet for five minutes. Capt. Pamela Kunze spokesperson for US Naval Forces Europe ...

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A workshop at Northeastern University will offer hands-on training on the application of digital humanities methodologies to military history. Leading scholars will provide instruction in topics such as the use of GIS or Geographic Information Systems, deep mapping, and network analys...